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Accepted Students Day 2016

Over 500 aspiring and enrolled students and their parents visited our campus on Accepted Students Day, making it a grand success. Students met their future classmates and faculty and got a first-hand experience of student life on campus. Our super speaker line-up included Raghavendra Rathore, leading Indian fashion designer and Alumnus at Parsons School of Design, Kamal Sagar, Chairman and Founder - Total Environment, Bangalore, Satish Gokhale, Director - Design Directions, Pune, Amee Khambati, Director - Rivet Design Studio, Bangalore, and Ashwini Deshpande Founder Director & Practice Head - Elephant Design, Pune, who gave the students a firsthand experience on what it takes to be a designer and wished them luck for their journey in design.

Students of the Product Design and Communication Design Second year visited the Ecological Spiritual Township of Auroville. They experimented with Bamboo Furniture, Musical Instrument Making, Handmade Paper production and Raku Pottery through workshops conducted by the respective hubs in Auroville.

Shivan and Naresh

Designer duo, Shivan and Narresh highlighted points on their lifestyle swimwear brand focusing more on what women wear after their wedding. Students were given inputs on communication, illustration and target market.

Decode Fashion

‪#‎DecodeFashion‬‬ with ‪#‎LoveAndOtherBugs‬‬ was filled with talks on Fashion Communication, Blogging & more! Students were introduced to the concept of how to make a blog, generating original content and finding their niche through an interactive workshop on the weekend.

Faculty of Fashion Design organized a study tour for students to Munnar where students were asked to put together a collection of keepsakes from their past that they felt a sense of nostalgia towards in the form of notes, photographs, drawings and tear sheets which they used as form for their batik. They also learnt paper making and saw the entire process of tea making.

The Interior Design study trip was organized such that the students had a rich and varied experience of Ahmedabad. The students were exposed to all these various aspects of the city. They also visited studios of local designers and architects. They spent 5 intense and focused days in the city studying these buildings and drawing, sketching and engaging in discussions.

Shazzle fashion show

Students recently showcased Shazia Naik's Shazzle work as they walked for her new capsule collection 'Aqua', inspired by waves at a recent event at ISDI Parsons Mumbai.

Global Learning

Through the establishment of Parsons Mumbai and academic centers in other major cities, Parsons global initiatives are designed to build learning networks connected by major urban centers of art and design.

The plan allows Parsons to share their proven educational methodology and give students opportunities to learn and work in real-world settings. Parsons goal is to develop students' global awareness, cultural literacy, and familiarity with the systems that shape creative, humanitarian, and entrepreneurial endeavors around the world.

Industry Connect

ISDI is a school that looks into the future. With such commitment, I am very sure that aspiring youngsters who will come here to study will surpass us to become superior than us in the industry

Piyush Pandey Executive chairman and director of Ogilvy and Mather, India and South Asia

Few of my students are at ISDI & they are having great learning experience. For me, knowing that my students are in such a safe & creative space is exciting. The campus shows creativity, it shows the ability to open up the mind. I like the transparency and feel that is very important for collaborative & real-life design. Its edgy, it truly looks like a design school.

Kiran Bir SethiFounder Director, The Riverside School, Ahmedabad

The school is fantastic. I feel how lucky are students who every morning come to a campus that looks so beautiful & open. You can literally see what class is happening in the next studio & the transparency which I feel is so conducive to learning. And to be in the heart of the city, city of Mumbai, its such a privilege!

Bandana TiwariFashion Features Director, Vogue India

Visit to ISDI Mumbai was an eye opener quality of spaces, programs and people all impressive and most of all intentions to create real meaning. Exciting times are ahead for design education in India.

M P RanjanDesign Evangelist, Design thinker & Author

ISDI at the forefront of Make In India Week

ISDI Parsons Mumbai was proud to be the Lead Partner of the India Design Show at the Make in India Week. During the Week, ISDI, along with National Institute of Design (NID), India Design Council (IDC) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) presented India Design Show, a comprehensive showcase of Indian design prowess and a platform that brought together a myriad manifestations of design as a unified force to the people and industry which was inaugurated by Honorable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi.

Mumbai City

Creating an inimitable environment of vibrancy & activity, Mumbai is the undoubted capital for fashion and flagship trends. At the heart of this city, ISDI perfectly matches the beat, with ground-breaking work in design, innovation, fashion & communication. With every detail of your future planned out through our curriculum, you can assure yourself of an education like no other!